Article II: Inside Impeachment

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Image: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi presides over the vote to impeach President Donald Trump

Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

Episode 54

Impeachment 2.0

NBC News correspondent Leigh Ann Caldwell during an interview on Capitol Hill.

Frank Thorp V / NBC News

Episode 53

Behind the Scenes

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Alex Brandon / AP

Episode 52

Not Guilty

Image: Local residents attend a campaign event for Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden in Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.

Carlos Barria / Reuters

Episode 51

Iowa vs Impeachment

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Episode 50

No Witnesses, New Timeline

Image: Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Trump Continues

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Episode 49

Can I Get A Witness?

Politicians on the Senate floor during Trump's trial on Jan 21, 2020.

Episode 48

Q & A

Image: National Security Advisor John Bolton adjusts his glasses as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks while meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office

Joshua Roberts / Reuters file

Episode 47

The Bolton Factor

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Episodes 46

Making History

Senate Expected To Take Test Vote On Nomination Of Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh

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Episode 45

Making the Case

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell arrives to the Capitol on Jan. 21, 2020.

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Episode 44

Bonus: Rewriting the Rules

Image: FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas, an associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, exits after a bail hearing at the Manhattan Federal Court in New York

Brendan McDermid / Reuters file

Episode 43

Lev Parnas Speaks

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Brendan Smialowski / AFP - Getty Images

Episode 42

Special Delivery

Image: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at the Wall Street Journal CEO Conference

Al Drago / Reuters

Episode 41

End of an Impasse

Image: Chief Justice John Roberts

Larry Downing / Pool via Getty Images file

Episode 40

The Chief Justice Shall Preside

House impeachment manager Rep. Bill McCollum, R-FL

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Episode 39

Like It's 1999

Image: Iranians tear up a U.S. flag during a demonstration in Tehran on Jan. 3, 2020 following the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Major General Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. strike on his convoy at Baghdad international airport.

Atta Kenare / AFP - Getty Images

Episode 38

Impeachment and War

Image: Donald Trump Is Sworn In As 45th President Of The United States

Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images file

Episode 37

The President's Oath

Image: A thunderstorm passes over the Capitol on July 11, 2019.

Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call file

Episode 36

Awaiting a Senate Trial

Image: Rudy Giuliani speaks to the crowd at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Florida on Dec. 19, 2019.

Saul Martinez / Getty Images

Episode 35

Rudy's Helpers

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Olivier Douliery / AFP - Getty Images

Episode 34

Standoff

Image: President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, DC.

Brendan Smialowski / AFP - Getty Images file

Episode 33

Trump is Impeached

Image: Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks at a community conversation in Rochester, Mich., on Dec. 16, 2019.

Carlos Osorio / AP

Episode 32

Facing the Voters

Image: Pramila Jayapal

Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty Images

Episode 31

The 7-Minute Vote

Image: The articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

Episode 30

Bonus: Debating the Articles

Image: The White House

Alex Wong / Getty Images file

Episode 29

The View from the White House

Image: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds a press conference with other ranking Democrats to unveil articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol on Dec. 10, 2019.

Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty Images

Episode 28

Bonus: The Articles

Image: Barry Berke, Steve Castor

Andrew Harnik / AP

Episode 27

Grilling the Lawyers

Image: Nancy Pelosi

Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

Episode 26

The Drafting Board

Image: Noah Feldman, Pamela Karlan, Jonathan Turley, Michael Gerhardt

Alex Brandon / AP

Episode 25

Impeachment 101

Image: House Intelligence Committee Continues Open Impeachment Hearings

Alex Edelman / Getty Images file

Episode 24

Bonus: The Report

Image: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler in Washington on July 24, 2019.

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP - Getty Images file

Episode 23

A Report, A Hearing and Trump's Response

Image: Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland is sworn-in for testimony in an impeachment inquiry hearing on Nov. 20, 2019.

Doug Mills / Pool via AP file

Episode 22

We've Got Mail

Image: Mike Pompeo

Francisco Seco / AP

Episode 21

Mike Pompeo's State Department

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Matt McClain / Pool via Reuters

Episode 20

The Groundwork

Image: Fiona Hill, David Holmes

Alex Brandon / AP

Episode 19

Bonus: The Witnesses: Hill and Holmes

Image: Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland takes his seat to testify before a House Intelligence Committee on Nov. 20, 2019.

Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

Episode 18

The Witnesses: Gordon Sondland

Image: Jennifer Williams, aide to Vice President Mike Pence, and Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman are sworn-in for testimony at an impeachment inquiry hearing on Nov. 19, 2019.

Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

Episode 17

Bonus: The Witnesses: Williams and Vindman

Image: Voters cast their ballots to vote in state and local elections at Robious Elementary School in Midlothian, a suburb of Richmond

Ryan M. Kelly / Reuters

Episode 16

Dug In

President Richard Nixon is interviewed by NBC's Tom Brokaw

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Episode 15

Bonus: Tom Brokaw Remembers Watergate

Image: Marie Yovanovitch sworn in

Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

Episode 14

The Witnesses: Maria Yovanovitch

Image: William Taylor, George Kent

Alex Brandon / AP

Episode 13

The Witnesses: Kent and Taylor

Image: George Kent; William Taylor; and Marie Yovanovitch.

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Episode 12

Battle Lines

Image: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visits Turkey

Huseyin Aldemir / Reuters

Episode 11

What About Pence?

Image: Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., speak to the media at the Capitol on Oct. 31, 2019.

Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

Episode 10

The Best Defense

Image: Depositions Continue Behind Closed Doors In Impeachment Inquiry

Drew Angerer / Getty Images

Episode 9

The First Transcripts

Image: House Chamber

Andrew Harnik / AP

Episode 8

Party Lines

Image: U.S. House Speaker Pelosi speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington

Erin Scott / Reuters

Episode 7

With the Gavel Comes the Power

Image: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, arrives at the Capitol for a deposition on Oct. 29, 2019.

Mark Wilson / Getty Images

Episode 6

Bonus: Vindman's Testimony

Image: The Capitol in Washington on Oct. 17, 2019.

Brendan Smialowski / AFP - Getty Images file

Episode 5

No Show

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Patrick Semansky / AP

Episode 4

Master Strategist

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Olivier Douliery / AFP - Getty Images

Episode 3

Star Witness

Image: Ambassador William Taylor in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 19, 2019.

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Episode 2

I Think It's Crazy

Fiona Hill, Gordon Sondland, Marie Yovanovitch

Episode 1

Behind Closed Doors

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